Refrigerator door covering attachment



gwvwntoz Wit/ital? Dan/12s REFRIGERATOR DOOR COVERING ATTAGI- IMENT Jan.9, 1934.

Patented Jan. 9, 1934 UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE 1,942,509 nnrmcmaroanoon covsnme ATTACH- KENT Application mm a, 1930. Serial No. 500,002

a Claim. (01. 20-35) This invention relates to a refrigerator doorcovering attachment which is designed to hold the exterior door coveringto the frame.

A feature of the door covering holding means 6 resides in a bracketmember made of an angularly shaped member which is adapted to engageagainst the flange of a gasket such as is ordinarily used in theconstruction of refrigerator doors. The gasket flange provides acushioning means 10 for the plate of the angle member which is attachedto the door frame, while the bead of the gasket extends along the edgeof the door covering and the wood frame to form a sealing means forproviding the necessary seal about a door frame and to form a cushionfor the contacting edge of the door against the refrigerator body.

The door clip may be formed of an angular member or it may be in theform of a lug or hearing having the desired length to provide thenecessary strength for firmly supporting the door covering which isusually made of enamelled metal to the door frame proper which in somecases is made of wood. It is desirable to form refrigerator doors withan exterior enamelled sheathing which may be termed the door pan orcovering and also an inner sheathing or cover. Each of these members aremade of metal and are enamelled to protect the surface of the same. Theenamel of these pans may be of any character and is usually of a colorto match the rest of the refrigerator or the body which is covered withan enamelled sheathing. The interior of the door as well as therefrigerator is made of insulating material and in the door it is theframe and may be made of any insulating material such as wood or othernonconducting substance which is not readily susceptible to heat orcold. In making the doors of the refrigerator it is desirable to havethe outer sheathing covering or pan held along the free edge of the doorby clips such as we will more fully herein describe and set forth, whilethe other side of the door is held by the hinges. The outer doorcovering or pan is formed with an intumed edge and all of the surface ofthe door covering including the intumed edge is enamelled.

It is desirable that the enamelled intumed edge of the door shall notcome in contact with the enamelled surface of the refrigerator body. Agasket having a projecting head or cushion is ordinarily secured to theedge of the door frame and we provide a door clip either of an angularbar nature or in the form of a lug bar to engage beneath the intumedflange to hold the sheathing of the door in place. These clips may besecured along the edge of the door frame.

Other details and features will be more fully. and clearly set forth inthe specification and claims.

In the drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 illustrates a portion 'of a refrigerator with our door securedthereto, wherein the construction of holding means for the door coveringis employed. I

Figure 2 is a perspective detail partly in section, showing the use andlocation of our door clip bar.

Figure 3 illustrates another form of the clip bar and is a sectionaldetail of a portion of a refrigerator door.

The drawing illustrates the refrigerator body 70 A which may be of anysuitable form and construction designed to provide a refrigerating andfood compartment such as B divided and fitted with supporting pans ofany desired nature. The refrigerator A is formed with a door opening Cin which the door D is adapted to operate to open and close therefrigerator A.

The door D is supported by the hinges 10 on one side and is secured bythe locking mechanism 11 on the other side.

In the door D" the inner frame may be formed of wood or otherinsulatingmaterial, and is provided with frame rails 12 which extend about to formthe rectangular frame of the door and to which the innerrails 13 aresecured to give the desired thickness to the door frame. Suitableinsulating material such as 14 may be placed in the center of the frame12 to build up the door frame with the proper insulating structure. Theinside of the wooden frame of the door D is adapted to be covered by thesheathing or pan 15 which is made of enamelled metal and which issecured to the door frame members in any suitable manner.

The outside of the door D is adapted to be covered by the metalsheathing 16 which is enamelled in a similar manner to the sheathing 15.The sheathing 16 which covers the entire outer surface of the doorinsulating frame made up of the portions 12 and 13 and the insulation 14is formed with an intumed peripheral flange 1'7 which extends around theends 18 of the frame portions 12 and which is formed with an inwardlyextending marginal flange 19 which extends virtually up to the edge 18of the frame members 12. The flanges 17 and 19 form the finishing edgeof the outer covering 16 of the door D so as to extend the enamelledfinish from the outer face around the edge of the door up to the members12.

A gasketmember E which is formed with a projecting bead or cushion 20and an attaching flange 21 is secured around the edge of the, doorframe. This gasket has the bead member 20 5 positioned to bear againstthe surface of the rails 12 of the door frame and also cover and bearagainst the inner edge 22 of the flange 19. In this manner the gasket Eforms a cushion between the frame rails 12 and the flange 19 of theouter covering 16 and also provides a gasket cushion for sealing thedoor D against the outer surface of the refrigerator A to make the dooras nearly air-tight as possible and also to prevent the enamelled flange19 of the door from striking the enamelled surface on the body of therefrigerator A.

We provide an angle iron clip F which is held by the screws 23 againstthe flange 21 of the gasket E and bearing against the edge 18 of -thedoor frame. This clip F or clip bar is adapted to be of sufficientlength to provide the necessary rigid engagement between the door frameand the covering 16 to hold the door covering or pan 16 firmly in placeagainst the slamming 25 of the door and virtually; any use to which thedoor is subjected as a closure on the refrigerator A. One or more-ofthese clips F may be used and it will be obious that in larger doorsmore clips are required than on smaller doors and the length of the clipmay be proportioned to the size of the door.

The clip F is formed with a flange 24 which extends under and engagesthe flanges 19. This flange 24 is of a narrow'nature, and in fact, is

preferably of a slightly less width than the width of the flange 19, orat least not greater than the inside width of the flange 19. The clip Fis formed with a wider flangesuch-as 25 through which the screws 23extend and which bears 40 against the flange 21 of the gasket E. Thegasket forms a cushion for this flange andcompensates for anyinequalities in the engagement of the clip F with the flange 19. I

The clip may be made in the bar form of wood, metal, bakelite or othersuitable material, such as F, illustrated in Figure 3, and in this formit is a rectangular bar which is adapted to be held by the screws 26extending into the edge of the member 12. This bar clip F' may be .of

any suitable lengthand operates in the same manner as the clip F. r

With these clips, such as F, the outer door sheathing or covering 16 maybe hooked upon the door frame made up ofthe rails 12 and 13 on the sideof the door opposite the hinges 10. The covering is then brought overthe other side of the door and by means of the screws of the door hinges10, it is held firmly in place. Should it be desired to remove the doorcovering this may be quickly done by removing the screws which hold thedoor hinges to the door D. A deadening felt such as 27 is placed betweenthe inner frame of the door D and the outer covering 16. This alsoprovides an insulation between the door covering or pan 16 and the framemade up of the members 12 and 13 and also provides a desirable cushion.With our clipconstruction, door coverings or pans 16 may be easilyattached or removed during inspection 73 or in the construction of therefrigerator doors D and the nature of our clip provides a strongdurable support secured to and projecting from the edge of the doorframe to hold the covering a of the free side of the door D firmly inplace.

In accordance with the patent statu es we have described the principlesof 'our refrigerator door covering attachment and we have',endeavored torepresent the best embodiment thereof. The drawing is illustrative andthe same. may be carried out by other means and applied to other useswithin the scope of the following 1 claims, v

l. A refrigerator door covering attachment including, a clip memberhaving an outwardly projecting flange, a door covering having aninwardly projecting flange under which said clip flange is adapted toengage, and a flange extending virtually at right angles to said clipflange adapted to provide an attaching means through which screws mayextend to anchor said clip to the refrigerator door frame.

2. A refrigerator door covering attaching means in combination with anenamelled door covering, and an insulating inner door frame, a clipha'ving a flat broad surface adapted to be attached to the edge of theinsulating door frame, a narrow shoulder projecting from one edge ofsaid clip,

a marginal inturned flange formed on said door covering and spaced fromthe front thereof by a peripheral flange, said shoulder on said clipbeing adapted to engage under said marginal flange to support the doorcovering along one edge of the refrigerator door.

3. A refrigerator door including, an inner insulating door frame, aninner covering, an outer covering, a marginal inturned flange formed onsaid outer covering adapted to extend toward and in close proximity tosaid inner frame of said door, a gasket having its flange secured to then edge of said door frame and having the bead thereof extending betweenthe inner door frame and the inner edge of said inturned marginalflange, and an outer door covering supporting clip having a bar-likeformation extending along the edge over the flange of said gasket andsecured thereto in a manner to form a shoulder to engage under saidmarginal flange of said door covering.

4. A refrigerator door including, an insulating door frame, a gaskethaving a flat flange and a head projecting therefrom, the flange of saidgasket being secured to the outer edge of said door frame, an outercovering for said door frame including an inwardly projecting marginalflange adapted to extend in close proximity to the bead of said gasket,and a bar-like supporting clip secured to the flange of said gasket andthe edge of the door frame in position to provide a shoulder to engageunder said marginal flange of said door covering to support the samealong the edge of the refrigerator door frame.

5. A refrigerator door including, a door frame, an outer covering pan,an inwardly extending marginal flange formed on said pan, and an angularbar clip secured to the edge of said door frame and extending as ashoulder under said inturned flange.

6. A refrigerator door comprising, an inner insulating door frame ofnon-heat conducting material, a metal covering for the inner part ofsaid 140 door, an outer covering for said door frame, cushioning meansbetween said door frame and said outer covering, a gasket around theedge of said door frame having a projecting bead, a marginal flangeadapted to extend toward said head, and a flange engaging clip securedto said door frame over said gasket to form a clip shoulder for holdingsaid outer door covering to said door frame.

'7. A refrigerator door including, an insulating frame, an outercovering sheet for said frame, a 150 peripheral flange on said sheetextending at right angles to said sheet, an intumed marginal flangeextending inwardly from said peripheral flange in parallel relationshipto said sheet, and clip means securable to any side of said frame forsecuring that side of the frame to the adjacent side of the sheet, saidclip means including a shoulder engaging under said marginal flange onsaid sheet.

. 8. A refrigerator door including, a frame, an outer covering sheet forsaid frame, an intumed marginal flange on said sheet extending paralleltoand spaced from said sheet, said marginal flange extending into closeproximity to said frame on all sides thereof, and clip means securableto

